For several years, we have been collecting noninvasive wolf and coyote samples in southern Ontario and Quebec to refine our understanding of Eastern Wolf distribution. Based on genetic profiles from scat, urine/blood on snow, or hair, we can identify what species an individual is and whether or not it is a mixture of different types.

With funding from the Ontario Species at Risk Stewardship Fund and co-operation of Ontario Parks and the Ontario Ministry of Natural Resources & Forestry, we've hosted wolf conservation outreach programs for senior high school students in Algonquin Provincial Park for the past two years.

Top predators are an important component of healthy, naturally-regulated ecosystems. The Committee on the Status of Endangered Wildlife in Canada (COSEWIC) has recently recommended a Threatened status for the Eastern Wolf so recovery plans are soon to follow.

Monday, January 15, 2018

Tuesday, October 24, 2017

Today, the Environmental Commissioner of Ontario released her annual report, "Good Choices, Bad Choices" with a chapter dedicated to conservation of eastern wolves, also called Algonquin wolves in Ontario.

Wednesday, June 7, 2017

Our comment on hybrid origins of eastern and red wolves published in Science Advances today. Read it here.

Thursday, September 15, 2016

Decision has been made for amendments to Ontario ESA and to include protection for eastern wolves (aka Algonquin wolves) and eastern coyotes in Kawartha Highlands Provincial Park, Queen Elizabeth II Wildlands Provincial Park, and Killarney Provincial Park. A step in the right direction for eastern wolf conservation, but too patchy for long-term persistence.